 Husain Akhtar |
Colour to BW When converted from colour to black and white, my images look greyish - no real black or white! How to get near about true BW? Thanks.
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Debbie Del Tejo |
the best way I found is to go to layers and then NEW ADJUSTMENT LAYER and then CHANNEL MIXER, press ok and then check the box in the bottom and turn to monochrome....play with it...you can change contrast etc. Just turning it into GRAYSCALE will not do...maybe that is what is making them yucky for you. Maybe others have more input or know of another way...
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A C |
Debbie's method is my favorite. But for more and more and more ideas, go to this thread: http://www.betterphoto.com/forms/QnAdetail.php?threadID=23415 ---------------------------- And if you are looking for an easier approach: go to http://www.photo-plugins.com/ and download the free black and white conversion plug-in
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Brendan Knell |
I have to agree, the channel mixer, is a very good method, and by far my favorite.
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
Don't forget it could also be the photo you're starting with. Not good contrast.
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Robyn Gwilt |
If you don't have channels - use Levels, Contrast and a bit of dodge and burn as well :)
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Debbie Del Tejo |
OK MH, your gallery is full of color....after all this you now need to post one in black and white so we can see how you've done! consider this an assignment. lol
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Jagadeesh Andrew Owens |
Also you need to add a Curves adjustment layer to fine tune the contrast after you've converted. Never EVER use Brightness/Contrast adjustments, as this just throws away pixel information.
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
Just don't make it suck. Life philosophy.
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Husain Akhtar |
I have used the bw plug-in for the conversion to bw - have used the 'curves' layer and the adjustment layer to fine tune but I still feel that the image is lacking true white or black! What do the folk think!
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
Back lit and overcast. You got your blacks but the whites look as expected. You want brighter whites, increase the contrast.
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A C |
I don't agree. I don't think the whites need to be brighter.
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